The spirit of Frankenstein has taken root in a California field, producing a crop that's sprouting up just in time for Halloween.

The beastly giant has become the face of pumpkins planted here, a mad creation called Pumpkinstein.

It's the brainchild of Tony Dighera, owner of Cinagro Farms.

"It could have been a witch, it could have been anything associated with Halloween, but I thought, I want to make a face. Some kind of face would be cool, so it was kind of a natural choice," Dighera said.